You check my numbers and discover a mistake: my trajectory will instead send the astronaut hurtling into outer space.

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Mervyn Kohler, of Help the Aged, said he was pleased pensioners were not being asked to pay "for a mistake that wasn't theirs" and urged pensioners to check if they are entitled to benefits.

BBC: 95,000 pensioners 'were overpaid'

"It's like having a spell check that underlines words if you've made a mistake, " says Rutgers Professor Bill Ward, who was shocked that Chalfie's bacteria shone at all.

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"I'll make sure I check the boarding passes so we don't make that mistake again!"

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She went to the IRS office in Cleveland, check in hand, to give it back, and was assured that the mistake would be investigated.

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